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Psyche 
[June-September 
Sternum yellow to light brownish yellow. 
Color. Western Males. Face yellow to brownish yellow, lightest 
along lower edge of clypeus. Chelicerae orange to brownish orange. 
Eye nacelles black. Cymbium of palpus brownish yellow to light 
brown. 
Carapace yellow-brown, with broad pale yellow median stripe 
enclosing pair of darker stripes in the cephalic region; with lighter 
pale yellow submarginal stripes. 
Dorsum of abdomen pale yellow to light yellow-brown with 
darker brown or black spots that sometimes coalesce to form pat¬ 
tern. Cardiac area uniformly brown with slight reddish tinge. Venter 
pale brownish yellow to cream without darker markings. 
Legs light brownish yellow to yellow dorsally, pale yellow to 
cream ventrally. Distal segments darker. 
Labium and endites yellow-brown with distal ends yellow to 
cream. Sternum yellow. 
Measurements. Ten females and ten males from New Hampshire, 
Vermont, Connecticut, and Massachusetts representing eastern 
populations formerly known as Trochosa pratensis (Emerton). 
Females 
(Eastern): 
Mean 
Range 
Mean 
Range 
Ant. Eye Row 
.919 
.86- .98 
Femur I 
3.02 
2.8- 3.4 
PME 
.925 
.88- .98 
Pat.-Tibia I 
3.88 
3.5- 4.3 
PLE 
1.289 
1.19- 1.38 
Meta. I 
2.06 
1.8- 2.3 
POQ 
.822 
.79- .88 
Tarsus I 
1.29 
1.2- 1.4 
Total I 
10.18 
9.2-11.4 
Carapace 
Width 
3.56 
3.2 - 3.9 
Femur IV 
3.42 
3.0- 3.8 
Carapace 
Length 
4.89 
4.5 - 5.4 
Pat.-Tibia IV 
4.12 
3.8- 4.4 
Body Length 
10.36 
9.2 -11.2 
Meta. IV 
3.51 
3.2- 3.8 
Pat.-Tibia II 
3.41 
3.0 - 3.8 
Tarsus IV 
1.47 
1.4- 1.6 
Pat.-Tibia III 
3.00 
2.8 - 3.3 
Total IV 
12.48 
11.4-13.3 
Males 
(Eastern): 
Mean 
Range 
Mean 
Range 
Ant. Eye Row 
.818 
.71- .88 
Femur I 
3.12 
2.8- 4.0 
PME 
.830 
.74- .89 
Pat.-Tibia I 
4.15 
3.7- 4.6 
PLE 
1.122 
.90- 1.25 
Meta. I 
2.67 
2.4- 3.1 
POQ 
.744 
.64- .88 
Tarsus I 
1.56 
1.4- 1.8 
Total I 
11.40 
10.0-13.4 
